The Party of the European Left demand respect to the Agreement signed between the FARC and the Colombian State

The Party of the European Left demand respect to the Agreement signed between the FARC and the Colombian State

23 Novembre 2017

****Spanish version below****

The Party of the European Left (EL) celebrated and congratulated both parties that signed the Havana Peace Accords. There is no doubt that it was a historic milestone that required great willingness and good will from both the Colombian Government and the FARC. In the EL we know that an agreement of this magnitude requires that both parties are aware that after the signature comes the most important part: the implementation and the way to go under what was established, signed and agreed on how and in what way should all be done. And that it must be clearly understood that all have to be done without cheating and without changing the agreed upon. Now, we -EL- realize that the rules of the road to true peace are being unilaterally changed by rewriting and manipulating what had been agreed upon with regard to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace , which is the heart of the Peace Accords. The European Left Party denounces the outrage on the part of the Court of Justice, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Congress reinterpreting the Accords. obliging the members of the FARC to present themselves and leaving a free choice to go Court those ones now named as just civilian, that in fact are paramilitaries, oligarchs or public officials who in the name of Colombia carried out atrocities against the population and who made decisions and took actions that plunged the Colombian people into a humanitarian disaster. This reinterpretation of the agreement is only to defend the interests and benefit of a handful of individuals who now do not respect the Havana Peace Accords in order not to face the law. The EL rejects any attempt to lay a trap for Peace for those who move the strings of injustice, inequality and contempt for the Colombian people. The EL demands respect for what has been signed, recognizing, of course, the need for the parties to travel the road together in a legal and responsible dialogue. The International Community must echo this abuse and the International Criminal Court must take charge of the issue and prevent this unprecedented breach of agreements.